How to Enable Two-Factor Authentication for Facebook & Instagram

Meta requires two-factor authentication (2FA) on the personal Facebook account that manages your Page before third-party apps like Ferdy can publish on your behalf. Without it, your posts can fail even though the connection looks fine.

There's only one thing to do, and it takes a few minutes. You only need to do it once.

Personal Facebook Account

This is the Facebook account you log in with personally — the one you use to manage your Pages.

1
Go to Meta Accounts Centre → Password and Security (or open Facebook → Settings & Privacy → Settings → Accounts Centre → Password and Security).
2
Click Two-factor authentication, then select the account you want to secure.
3
Choose your preferred method — Authentication app (recommended) or Text message (SMS).
4
Follow the on-screen prompts to complete setup.

Open Password & Security

Use a Facebook Business Manager? You don't need to change anything in there. Business Manager has its own two-factor setting, but that's a policy for your own staff logins rather than something Ferdy needs. Your personal 2FA above covers it either way.

After Enabling 2FA

Once 2FA is enabled, go back to Ferdy and connect (or reconnect) your Facebook and Instagram accounts. Everything should work smoothly from there.

Tip: If you were previously connected and posts were failing, disconnect your accounts in Ferdy first, then reconnect after enabling 2FA.

Need more help? Contact us at support@ferdy.io